Events Archive

Interested in learning more about the public policy concentration?Join public policy faculty, current students, and the DUG for pizza at the Taubman Center. Faculty will preview spring courses and current students will share their experiences as concentrators, including internship funding opportunities reserved solely for PPAI concentrators.

Anna Aizer, associate professor of economics and public policy at Brown presents the first estimates of the long term effects of cash transfers (welfare) during childhood on health and human capital. Using 1911-1930 data from the Mothers’ Pension program (the first U.S. government sponsored welfare program for families with dependent children), her research reveals that children who received welfare lived longer and completed more years of schooling.

The American intelligence establishment is faced with a serious crisis of public trust and legitimacy in the wake of an avalanche of leaks about spy programs. President Obama has called for a national conversation about surveillance. Timothy Edgar will discuss how greater transparency, independent oversight, and other basic good government tools could help restore legitimacy and enhance national security.

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly will speak about his eleven-year tenure as the head of the NYPD, and the strategies that have enabled the New York City Police Department to drive crime down by more than 30% since 2001 while defending New York from another terrorist attack. Kelly will deliver the Taubman Center for Public Policy's Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture.

Taylor will present "Challenges of an Aging Rhode Island: Creating a Plan for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias" This research and evaluation effort began in the spring of 2012 and is part of a continuing collaboration to address the needs of the state's population affected by Alzheimer's and related dementias.
This lecture is free and open to the public.

Can political views and behavior really be shaped by the genetic happenstance of whether one’s child is a boy or a girl? Yale University economics professor Ebonya Washington PPAI '95 will present evidence that child gender can impact a variety of behaviors and discuss why this finding is important for policy.

Underrepresented youth have less exposure to swimming, have significantly lower swimming ability, and experience higher drowning rates than more advantaged populations. Research relevant to this alarming public health dilemma will be discussed, and how Memphis, Tennessee developed a solution to this challenge using a grassroots approach to inform policy.

Will Rhode Island become the tenth state to pass a law permitting same-sex marriage? The Brown Daily Herald and the Taubman Center for Public Policy bring together experts to discuss the social and political landscape around same-sex marriage, both nationally and here in Rhode Island. Plus, we’ll hear from advocates on both sides of the debate.
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After spending years earning advanced degrees in STEM fields at American universities, many international graduate students are unable to obtain green cards to continue their work at U.S. universities and businesses.
The Taubman Center for Public Policy is hosting a panel discussion about current immigration reform proposals that affect green card visas. This discussion will be part of a "virtual march" held on April 19 by a number of participating American universities.